"to a massive win at The Oval after Len Hutton had scored a world record 364. In 1938, as Yorkshire won their twentieth title, Bowes took 121 first-class wickets at 15.23 with a best return of six for 32. In 1939, poor weather conditions restricted his opportunities in the Tests against the West Indies, but Bowes proved unplayable on a wet pitch at Old Trafford and was second to Verity in the Test averages. In 1939, Yorkshire completed a third successive title, Bowes taking 122 first-class wickets at 14.48 with a best return of seven for 50 and ten wickets"
"at Ahmedabad. He achieved his only double century in first-class cricket when he reached 204 for Cambridge University against Free Foresters in 1938, his first of four first-class centuries that year. In July 1938, the England wicket-keeper, Les Ames was injured, and Gibb was chosen to keep wicket for England in the third Ashes match against Australia at Old Trafford, ahead of candidates including Yorkshire's usual and well-regarded wicket-keeper, Arthur Wood. The Third Test was abandoned without a ball being bowled due to rain. Fred Price kept wicket in the Fourth Test at Headingley later in July, when Gibb was"
"and Third Tests at the ground. On 17 May 1954, the Oval then hosted England once more and the home team scored 681/8d, which remains the highest team score at the ground. Everton Weekes scored 206 of the runs, the second of two double centuries scored by him at the Oval, following a knock of 207 during the aforementioned tour by India. This was the final match played on the clay surface with matting laid on top. From then on greater effort was made to prepare turf wickets in an attempt to balance batting and bowling at the Oval. More"
"a courtesy title). Colin Cowdrey Michael Colin Cowdrey, Baron Cowdrey of Tonbridge, (24 December 19324 December 2000) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Oxford University (1952–1954), Kent County Cricket Club (1950–1976) and England (1954–1975). Universally known as Colin Cowdrey, he ""delighted crowds throughout the world with his style and elegance"", and was the first cricketer to play 100 Test matches, celebrating the occasion with 104 against Australia in 1968. In all he played 114 Tests, making 7,624 runs at an average of 44.06, overtaking Wally Hammond as the most prolific Test batsman, and taking 120 catches as a"
"Colchester, scoring 244 in the first innings and an undefeated 202 in the second innings in a drawn match, becoming the only batsman in first-class cricket history to score double centuries in both innings of a match. The 1938 season was a year of record-breaking, and the young Leonard Hutton cemented his place as England's first choice opener with his 364 against the Australians at The Oval. Fagg played only one more Test, though he remained a consistent scorer in county cricket until the mid-1950s. In all, he scored 58 centuries and more than 25,000 runs. After retirement, he became"
"Colin Cowdrey Michael Colin Cowdrey, Baron Cowdrey of Tonbridge, (24 December 19324 December 2000) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Oxford University (1952–1954), Kent County Cricket Club (1950–1976) and England (1954–1975). Universally known as Colin Cowdrey, he ""delighted crowds throughout the world with his style and elegance"", and was the first cricketer to play 100 Test matches, celebrating the occasion with 104 against Australia in 1968. In all he played 114 Tests, making 7,624 runs at an average of 44.06, overtaking Wally Hammond as the most prolific Test batsman, and taking 120 catches as a fielder, breaking another"
"Oval, London and took 5 wickets for 1 run in his last 17 balls to finish with career-best figures of 7 for 25 in 21.4 overs. However England won the match by 244 runs to take the triangular series, that also included South Africa. Australia didn't play another Test until after the First World War, by which time the unfortunate Hazlitt had died. Born with a weak heart, Hazlitt died after suffering a heart attack in 1915, aged 27. Gerry Hazlitt Gervys Rignold Hazlitt, commonly known as Gerry (4 September 1888, Enfield, New South Wales – 30 October 1915, Parramatta,"
"the Australians fought back and Bradman won his first series in charge 3–2. The 1938 series was a high-scoring affair with two high-scoring draws, resulting in a 1–1 result, Australia retaining the Ashes. After the first two matches ended in stalemate and the Third Test at Old Trafford never started due to rain. Australia then scraped home by five wickets inside three days in a low-scoring match at Headingley to retain the urn. In the timeless Fifth Test at The Oval, the highlight was Len Hutton's then world-record score of 364 as England made 903-7 declared. Bradman and Jack Fingleton"
"Len Hutton Sir Leonard Hutton (23 June 1916 – 6 September 1990) was an English cricketer who played as an opening batsman for Yorkshire from 1934 to 1955 and for England in 79 Test matches between 1937 and 1955. ""Wisden Cricketers' Almanack"" described him as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. He set a record in 1938 for the highest individual innings in a Test match in only his sixth Test appearance, scoring 364 runs against Australia, a milestone that stood for nearly 20 years (and remains an England Test record). In 1952, he became the"
"in the field, and in the absence of O'Reilly the position seemed bleak and without hope. I asked Kippax what he thought...He said ""If Hutton, Compton and Hammond are anywhere near their pre-war form I would be willing to concede them 250 runs an innings and ask them not to bat""."" Len Hutton had made a record 364 in England's 903/7 declared at the Oval in 1938, still the highest score made by a batsman in an Ashes Test. The Yorkshire batsman was unlikely to match this on his first tour of Australia and he failed expectations until the last"
"365 in 1958; in 2016 it remains the 6th highest in Tests and is the most runs scored in an innings by an English player. England eventually scored 903, the highest team total in a Test at that time, before Hammond declared the innings closed. Australia were bowled out twice and England won by an innings and 579 runs to draw the series with one victory apiece. Commentators mainly praised Hutton's concentration and stamina; his slow scoring, particularly when compared to Bradman's innings of 334, was excused on the grounds that the Oval match was played without a time limit,"
"the match, thousands of spectators gathered in front of the pavilion and chanted his name until he came out to greet them. Later, he was given a civic reception in his home town of Stawell to celebrate his achievement. Australia amassed 604 in the first innings of the deciding Test at Melbourne, then bowled England out twice to win the match by an innings and 200 runs, thus retaining the Ashes. Fleetwood-Smith claimed four wickets to leave him second to Bill O'Reilly. Fleetwood-Smith's second tour of England in 1938 was less successful than his first. His 88 first-class wickets included"
"in a series for 32 years. The second was in 1968 when Australia were 85/5 needing 352 to win when a deluge flooded the Oval and the players started packing their bags. Cowdrey called on the crowd to help the staff dry the ground and ""like a modern-day King Canute he rolled up his trousers, waded into the water...and supervised the mopping up operations of hundreds of volunteers"". Derek Underwood took 7/50 and England won with 226 runs and six minutes to spare. Cowdrey won a rackets blue in his first term at Oxford. He was also a useful golfer"
"flat Oval track. The Oval pitches of this period tended to be very good for batting, and many matches were drawn. The club captain for much of this period was the affable and bohemian Percy Fender, whose closest colleague was the England captain of Bodyline fame (or infamy), Douglas Jardine. In 1938, Surrey played a home match away from The Oval for the first time, at Woodbridge Road in Guildford. After 1939, cricket took a break as the Second World War occupied the nation and The Oval was seized for Government use. From 1948 to 1959, Surrey were the pre-eminent"
"Test cricket was again interrupted by war, with the last Test series in 1938 made notable by Len Hutton scoring a world record 364 for England, with Chuck Fleetwood-Smith conceding 298 runs in England's world record total of 7/903. Ross Gregory, a notable young batsman who played two Tests before the war, was killed in the war. The team continued its success after the end of the Second World War, with the first Test (also Australia's first against New Zealand) being played in the 1945–46 season against New Zealand. Australia was by far the most successful team of the 1940s,"
"Hugh Bartlett Hugh Tryon Bartlett DFC (7 October 1914 – 26 June 1988) was a cricketer who played as an attacking left-handed batsman for Sussex either side of World War II. Bartlett was born in Balaghat, India, and moved to England at the age of nine. He captained Dulwich College for three seasons. In 1933 – his last season for the school – he hit two double hundreds in successive weeks and set a Dulwich record of 228 against Mill Hill (the record stood until 2006, when Arthur Mitchell hit 230 not out at a lower age group)). He won"
"stumpings to average more than two victims per match. Claude Rubie Claude Blake Rubie CBE (25 March 1888 – 3 November 1939) was an English first-class cricketer who had amateur status. He was a right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper. Rubie was a British Army Special Reserve Major (later Lieut-Colonel) who had seen long service in India and had played for the Europeans in the Bombay Quadrangular between 1919 and 1926. He had then taken part in the MCC tour of India in 1926–27 before returning to England and representing Sussex in four matches in 1930. Rubie would have managed the England"
"and having more than two fielders behind square leg were banned. England won two Tests on the 1933/34 tour of India, the first ever Tests held in the sub continent. England won by nine wickets at Bombay's Gymkhana ground with Bryan Valentine scoring 136 in his first Test innings. Morris Nichols and E. W. ""Nobby"" Clark bowled so many bouncers at the Indian batsman that they wore solar topees instead of caps to protect themselves from the ball as much as the sun. Naoomal Jeoomal top edged a Clark bouncer into his head in the third Test, was unable to"
"26.06 100- 1 Ct 70 St 25 Cecil Maxwell Cecil Reginald Napp Maxwell (Paddington 21 May 1913 - Taunton, Somerset 25 September 1973) was an English first-class cricketer. Cecil Maxwell represented the Gentlemen versus the Players at Lord's in 1935. He played in 44 first-class matches for Nottinghamshire (1936-1939), M.C.C. (1938-1939), Middlesex (1946) and Worcestershire (1948-1951) as a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper between 1932 and 1951. His highest first-class innings (and only hundred) - 268 for Sir Julien Cahn's XI against Leicestershire in 1935 - is the highest by any player batting at no. 8. M 44 I 67"
"took 6 for 29 in bowling out the visitors for 134 at the Old Trafford Test as they chased 265 to win. Jack Cowie had taken 6 for 67 for New Zealand and 10 in the match. Len Hutton scored a century after having begun his England career with 0 and 1 at Lords. Prospective tours of South Africa and West Indies fell through in the winter of 1937/38. The 1938 Ashes series was a high scoring affair. Hutton, Barnett, Paynter (216*) and Compton made hundreds at Trent Bridge with the Australians scoring three including Stan McCabe's brilliant 232. Hammond"
"as the game continues to be played."" He is buried at West Brompton Cemetery. A green plaque, unveiled in November 2003, commemorates his home. Arthur Haygarth Arthur Haygarth (4 August 1825 – 1 May 1903) was a noted amateur cricketer who became one of cricket's most significant historians. He played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club and Sussex between 1844 and 1861, as well as numerous other invitational and representative teams including an England XI and a pre-county Middlesex. A right-handed bat, Haygarth played 136 games now regarded as first-class, scoring 3,042 runs and taking 19 wickets with his"
"278 before being run out. Winchester had made 381, which left Eton needing 184 to win; they did so, by seven wickets. After Winchester, Guise went up to Brasenose College, Oxford. John Guise (cricketer) John Lindsay Guise (29 November 1903 – 29 June 1991) was an English first-class cricketer active 1922–34 who played for Middlesex, Oxford University and, in India, for the Europeans. He was born in Calcutta; died in Eastbourne. Guise was a right-handed batsman and a right arm medium pace bowler who played in 94 first-class matches. He scored 3,775 career runs with a highest score of 154*"
"use a lightened bat, but his defence was flawless and he was an expert on 'sticky dogs' like Brisbane and averaged higher in post-war Tests than in his youth, when he had made the record score of 364 at the Oval in 1938. The Yorkshireman was saddled with the heavy burden of knowing that England depended on his skill and was the prime target of the Australian fast bowlers Keith Miller and Ray Lindwall. Of Jack Iverson Hutton told Miller ""Ah'll show thee how to play 'im"", but never quite fathomed his mystery spin. England had one other great batsmen,"
"games before his selection for the final Test of the series. The last Test was played at The Oval and began on 20 August 1938. Hammond won the toss on a very good pitch for batting, and after an early wicket fell, Hutton and Maurice Leyland, his Yorkshire teammate, took the score to 347 for one wicket after the first day. Hutton was unbeaten on 160 although Australia missed a chance to dismiss him, stumped, when he had scored 40. After a rest day, the Yorkshire batsmen took their partnership to 382 before Leyland was out. Hutton then shared substantial"
"Tom Hayward Thomas Walter Hayward (29 March 1871 – 19 July 1939) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Surrey and England between the 1890s and the outbreak of World War I. He was primarily an opening batsman, noted especially for the quality of his off-drive. Neville Cardus wrote that he ""was amongst the most precisely technical and most prolific batsmen of any time in the annals of cricket."" He was only the second batsman to reach the landmark of 100 first-class centuries, following WG Grace. In the 1906 English season he scored 3,518 runs, a record aggregate since"
"Oswald Lancashire Oswald Philip Lancashire (10 December 1857 – 23 July 1934) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Lancashire, Cambridge University and the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), plus other amateur sides, between 1878 and 1888. He was also a successful Association football player. He was born at Newton Heath, Manchester and died at West Didsbury, also in Manchester. Lancashire was educated at Lancing College and at Jesus College, Cambridge. He won a Cambridge Blue for football in 1878, 1879 and 1880, when he captained the team against Oxford University; in all three years, Cambridge won the university"
"1938. He often opened the innings from the mid-1930s onwards. He scored over 2,000 runs in both 1934 and 1937. He took 437 wickets at 32.31, with best innings figures of 6/21 against Worcestershire at The Oval in 1932 . He once took ten wickets in a match: five in each innings against Middlesex at Lord's in 1930. During his career he held 300 catches. Gregory died at Wandsworth, London. Bob Gregory (cricketer) Robert James 'Bob' Gregory (26 August 1902 – 6 October 1973) was an English first-class cricketer. Born in Selsdon, Surrey, he was an all-rounder who played for"
"scored 617 runs with a highest score of 65, one of two half-centuries. Jack Webster (cricketer) Jack Webster was an English cricketer active from 1938 to 1956 who played for Cambridge University immediately before the Second World War. He joined Northamptonshire after the war and played occasionally for them from 1946 to 1955. He appeared in 71 first-class matches as a right arm medium fast bowler who was a righthanded batsman. Webster was born in Tyersal, Bradford on 28 October 1917 and died in Guiting Power, Gloucestershire on 25 October 1997, three days short of his 80th birthday. He took"
"on an Ashes tour but lost the series 4–0 as Richie Benaud's revitalised Australians were too strong, with England struggling with the bat throughout the series. On 24 August 1959, England inflicted its only 5–0 whitewash over India. All out for 194 at The Oval, India lost the last test by an innings. England's batsman Ken Barrington and Colin Cowdrey both had an excellent series with the bat, with Barrington scoring 357 runs across the series and Cowdrey scoring 344. The early and middle 1960s were poor periods for English cricket. Despite England's strength on paper, Australia held the Ashes"
"Arthur Wood (cricketer, born 1898) Arthur Wood (25 August 1898 – 1 April 1973) was a Yorkshire and England cricketer, who played as the wicket-keeper in four Tests from 1938 to 1939. Wood was born in Fagley, Bradford, Yorkshire, England. He appeared in 420 first-class matches from 1927 to 1949. A right-hander, he scored 8,842 runs, averaging 21.20, with one century and 43 fifties, and made 886 dismissals, including 255 stumpings. He was awarded his Yorkshire cap in 1929, and made the wicket-keeping position at Yorkshire his own through the 1930s, including making 225 consecutive appearances. His most successful season"
"a reservist in the British Army, he was the first Yorkshire player to be called up. • a) England should have played in 121 Tests. The 3rd Test of the 1938 series against Australia, due to commence on Thursday, 8 July at Old Trafford, was abandoned without a ball being bowled on account of persistent heavy rain. History of English cricket from 1919 to 1939 English cricket had been completely disrupted by the First World War and there were no first-class matches after August 1914 until May 1919. A similar situation arose in the Second World War with a shutdown"
"was removed from the captaincy and the laws of cricket changed so that no more than one fast ball aimed at the body was permitted per over, and having more than two fielders behind square leg was banned. England's following tour of India in the 1933–34 season was the first Test match to be staged in the subcontinent. The series was also notable for Morris Nichols and Nobby Clark bowling so many bouncers that the Indian batsman wore solar topees instead of caps to protect themselves. Australia won the 1934 Ashes series 2–1 and would keep the urn for the"
"David Townsend (cricketer, born 1912) David Charles Humphrey Townsend (20 April 1912 – 27 January 1997) was an English cricketer who played in three Tests in 1935. Born in Norton, County Durham, David Townsend was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford. He was a right-handed batsman, sometimes used as an opener, who holds the record of being the last cricketer to have played Test cricket for England without playing for one of the first-class English counties. Townsend's first-class cricket was principally for Oxford University and he won his Blue in the University match in 1933 and 1934. But"